Research in my
laboratory has three major components and six focus
areas that are interrelated and complementary to
each other. These major components include the study
of the basic immunological mechanisms of pathology
caused by experimental Trypanosoma cruzi
infection in mice; the study of the biology and
epidemiology of Chagas disease in Ecuador and in the
United States; the improvement of the safety of
the blood supply in developing countries; and
the Healthy Living Initiative. Activities
related to these research foci take place in my
laboratory at Ohio University, Athens, OH, as well
as in the Center for Infectious Disease Research at
Catholic University, Quito, Ecuador.
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